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Acid rain is considered not yet as serious a problem in the West as in the East, where hundreds of lakes have been rendered sterile by increased acidity.
A) considered not yet as serious a problem in the West as
B) considered not so serious a problem yet in the West as
C) not yet considered as serious a problem in the West as it is
D) not considered as yet the serious problem in the West that it is
E) not as yet considered that serious a problem in the West as
Updated on: 10 Jan 2023, 15:17
Originally posted by GmatKnightTutor on 15 Mar 2020, 02:40.
Last edited by GmatKnightTutor on 10 Jan 2023, 15:17, edited 7 times in total.
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A fairly simply one to knock out, if you know the idiom: Consider(ed) NOUN
Acid rain is considered not yet as serious a problem in the West as in the East, where hundreds of lakes have been rendered sterile by increased acidity.
A) considered not yet as serious a problem in the West as
The beginning considered....as... wrong
B) considered not so serious a problem yet in the West as
Yellow flag. 2nd time round choose as best of the bunch. I’m fairly sure that Not so A as B is an idiom by itself, too. (2nd part has it ellipsed, I think)
C) not yet considered as serious a problem in the West as it is
Considered...as... wrong
D) not considered as yet the serious problem in the West that it is
Considered as... wrong
E) not as yet considered that serious a problem in the West as
Considered....as wrong. Actually, I may be off on this. It may simply be that considered should not be followed by THAT. Ugh. There is an awkwardness here frankly. It may be due to parallelism. Not as A as B. The second half doesn't reflect the first properly in that regard.
Edit: I got this one wrong it seems! A little digging shows a few things to keep in mind. First, the idiom I initially mentioned is Consider A B. In any event here are a few links that may be of interest
1) This sentence seems to be derived from a NYT article - https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/18/us/a ... -west.html" --> "Acid rain is not considered as serious a problem in the West as it is in the East, where hundreds of lakes in the Adirondacks have been rendered sterile by increased acidity."
2) https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-she ... 08881.html. There are some posts as to how the GMAT tackles the Consider issue.
By the end of all this, I'm not sure how the GMAT would deem this entire question, since it has taken such a stance on Consider in the past. Taking this question with a grain of salt may be in order. But I also think that the AS...AS may perhaps be correct since the sentence is comparing HOW much something is considered rather than a direct orthodox consider A B scenario (there is a slight difference, I think).
Whew.
Acid rain is considered not yet as serious a problem in the West as in the East, where hundreds of lakes have been rendered sterile by increased acidity.
A) considered not yet as serious a problem in the West as
The beginning considered....as... wrong
B) considered not so serious a problem yet in the West as
Yellow flag. 2nd time round choose as best of the bunch. I’m fairly sure that Not so A as B is an idiom by itself, too. (2nd part has it ellipsed, I think)
C) not yet considered as serious a problem in the West as it is
Considered...as... wrong
D) not considered as yet the serious problem in the West that it is
Considered as... wrong
E) not as yet considered that serious a problem in the West as
Considered....as wrong. Actually, I may be off on this. It may simply be that considered should not be followed by THAT. Ugh. There is an awkwardness here frankly. It may be due to parallelism. Not as A as B. The second half doesn't reflect the first properly in that regard.
Edit: I got this one wrong it seems! A little digging shows a few things to keep in mind. First, the idiom I initially mentioned is Consider A B. In any event here are a few links that may be of interest
1) This sentence seems to be derived from a NYT article - https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/18/us/a ... -west.html" --> "Acid rain is not considered as serious a problem in the West as it is in the East, where hundreds of lakes in the Adirondacks have been rendered sterile by increased acidity."
2) https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-she ... 08881.html. There are some posts as to how the GMAT tackles the Consider issue.
By the end of all this, I'm not sure how the GMAT would deem this entire question, since it has taken such a stance on Consider in the past. Taking this question with a grain of salt may be in order. But I also think that the AS...AS may perhaps be correct since the sentence is comparing HOW much something is considered rather than a direct orthodox consider A B scenario (there is a slight difference, I think).
Whew.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
SURPRISE AHEAD - see Notes
• THE PROMPT
• THE OPTIONS
• considered not yet should be not yet considered
-- insert a few other past participles in similar sentences (use IS) to test your ear:
Wrong: The book is written not yet.
Wrong: Dinner is served not yet.
Correct: The lecture is not yet finished.
Eliminate A (or, if you're worried, tentatively keep A but move on)
• considered not . . . yet
-- same category of problem as that in Option A: not and yet are misplaced
-- not should be placed before considered
• I think there's a hint of a weird comparison. Find the second AS.
The place "in the East" seems to be compared to "a problem."
• I can't quite tell because syntax is such a mess, but I suspect that this option would benefit by repeating it is
ELIMINATE B
• more good news: the words it is remove any concerns about parallelism
Compare to options A and B. No contest.
SO FAR, OPTION C
"the serious problem" makes it sound as though there is a particular problem in the West
• not considered as yet is unidiomatic and illogical
Eliminate D
• "not AS yet considered" is botched again
• the word "that" makes comparison impossible. We need as -- as.
THE BEST OPTION IS C
Notes
This sentence is densely packed with issues.
The word "consider" itself is NOT limited to consider X, Y.
Although this fact does not apply to this question,
Consider to be can be correct.
A fairly recent official question uses consider to be
SPOILER ALERT: See this official question, which uses consider to be. That question is
, here.
COMMENTS
Gmat700Knight , prakhar992 , and ravigupta2912 , welcome to SC Butler.
(I'll get to the question soon, Gmat700Knight , but after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1980, Jimmy Carter had to reinstate the draft after three years in office. Gerald Ford ended the draft in 1975. So . . . no, under Carter, for three years, no one was drafted. Your argument skills are good. Maybe you should go to law school?
I'm kidding. Kinda. I did so. You'd do well there.)
It is very late (early?) where I am, so I will keep this short.
This is one of those maddening questions in which repeated comparison of one option to another helps a lot.
Our task is always to eliminate the four worst answers rather than search for the correct one, but elimination requires more comparison than usual, I think.
Those of you who answered before time were brave.
All of you reasoned well even if one of your assumptions was off here or there.
Kudos to all.
Finally, my friends, please be safe.
I live in the U.S., my city is pretty much locked down, and the country has no tests because the lunatics are running the asylum.
Be safe.
And be well.
Project SC Butler: Day 223: Sentence Correction (SC1)
SURPRISE AHEAD - see Notes
• THE PROMPT
Quote:
• THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• "considered" not yet is both garbled and not idiomatic
• considered not yet should be not yet considered
-- insert a few other past participles in similar sentences (use IS) to test your ear:
Wrong: The book is written not yet.
Wrong: Dinner is served not yet.
Correct: The lecture is not yet finished.
Eliminate A (or, if you're worried, tentatively keep A but move on)
Quote:
• considered not . . . yet
-- same category of problem as that in Option A: not and yet are misplaced
-- not should be placed before considered
• I think there's a hint of a weird comparison. Find the second AS.
The place "in the East" seems to be compared to "a problem."
• I can't quite tell because syntax is such a mess, but I suspect that this option would benefit by repeating it is
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• good news: not yet considered is used properly
• more good news: the words it is remove any concerns about parallelism
Compare to options A and B. No contest.
SO FAR, OPTION C
Quote:
• the word the is too strong or weird or both
"the serious problem" makes it sound as though there is a particular problem in the West
• not considered as yet is unidiomatic and illogical
Eliminate D
Quote:
.
• "not AS yet considered" is botched again
• the word "that" makes comparison impossible. We need as -- as.
THE BEST OPTION IS C
Notes
This sentence is densely packed with issues.
The word "consider" itself is NOT limited to consider X, Y.
Although this fact does not apply to this question,
Consider to be can be correct.
A fairly recent official question uses consider to be
SPOILER ALERT: See this official question, which uses consider to be. That question is
, here.
COMMENTS
Gmat700Knight , prakhar992 , and ravigupta2912 , welcome to SC Butler.
(I'll get to the question soon, Gmat700Knight , but after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1980, Jimmy Carter had to reinstate the draft after three years in office. Gerald Ford ended the draft in 1975. So . . . no, under Carter, for three years, no one was drafted. Your argument skills are good. Maybe you should go to law school?
I'm kidding. Kinda. I did so. You'd do well there.)It is very late (early?) where I am, so I will keep this short.
This is one of those maddening questions in which repeated comparison of one option to another helps a lot.
Our task is always to eliminate the four worst answers rather than search for the correct one, but elimination requires more comparison than usual, I think.
Those of you who answered before time were brave.
All of you reasoned well even if one of your assumptions was off here or there.
Kudos to all.
Finally, my friends, please be safe.
I live in the U.S., my city is pretty much locked down, and the country has no tests because the lunatics are running the asylum.
Be safe.
And be well.
